Wellbeing: A Complete Reference Guide, Wellbeing in Later Life

Wellbeing in Later Life uses the latest research from a variety of disciplines to address and correct common myths and misconceptions about aging. Covers topics ranging from biological mechanisms that affect aging to lifestyle, attitudes, and social factors Examines the challenges of humanity’s increasing life expectancy and includes recommendations for maintaining and enhancing wellbeing in later life Makes meaningful connections between research and practice to link aspects of aging which have previously been considered separate Part of the six-volume Wellbeing: A Complete Reference Guide, which brings together leading research from across the social sciences

About the Editors vii Contributors ix Full Contents of Wellbeing: A Complete Reference Guide xi Introduction to Wellbeing: A Complete Reference Guide xxv 1 Introduction: Wellbeing in Later Life 1 Cary L. Cooper and Thomas B. L. Kirkwood Part 1 Longevity and Wellbeing 7 2 The Changing Demographic Context of Aging 9 Roland Rau and James W. Vaupel 3 Biological Determinants and Malleability of Aging 31 Thomas B. L. Kirkwood 4 Wellbeing as Experienced by the Very Old 53 Carol Jagger and Katie Brittain Part 2 Factors Influencing Wellbeing 67 5 Psychological Wellbeing in Later Life 69 Kate M. Bennett and Laura K. Soulsby 6 Nutrition and Lifelong Wellbeing 91 C. Alexandra Munro and John C. Mathers Copyrighted Material 7 Physical Activity, Exercise, and Aging 105 Grainne S. Gorman, Josh Wood, and Michael I. Trenell 8 Capability and Independency in Later Life 125 John Bond Contents of this Volume 9 Combating Isolation Through Technology in Older People 145 Peter Gore 10 Wellbeing and Vitality in Later Life: The Role of the Consumer Industry 165 Michael Catt and Frans J. G. van der Ouderaa 11 Education and its Role in Wellbeing 181 Jim Soulsby Part 3 Wellbeing at the End of Life 197 12 The Threat to Wellbeing from Cognitive Decline 199 Louise Robinson and Lynne Corner 13 When Vitality Meets Longevity: New Strategies for Health in Later Life 219 Rudi G. J. Westendorp, Bert Mulder, A. J. Willem van der Does, and Frans J. G. van der Ouderaa 14 Maintaining Wellbeing Through the End of Life 235 Julian C. Hughes Part 4 Comparative Perspectives on Wellbeing 253 15 Cultures, Aging, and Wellbeing 255 Ngaire Kerse, Mere Kēpa, Ruth Teh, and Lorna Dyall 16 Wellbeing in the Oldest Old and Centenarians in Japan 275 Yasuyuki Gondo, Yasumichi Arai, and Nobuyoshi Hirose 17 Wellbeing in Later Life in Eighteenth-Century England 287 Helen Yallop Appendix Foresight Mental Capital and Wellbeing Project: Mental Capital Through Life: Future Challenges 299 Thomas B. L. Kirkwood, John Bond, Carl May, Ian McKeith, and Min-Min Teh Index 389